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Scientific Name Senior Synonym Holotype Type Locality Citation
Carettochelys insculpta   AM R3677 Fly River, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Ramsay, E.P. 1886. On a new genus and species of fresh water tortoise from the Fly River, New Guinea. proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales. (2)1:158-162.
 
Chelodina canni   NTM 24515 Malogie Waterhole, Northern Territory McCord W. and Thomson S. (2002). A new species of Chelodina (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from Northern Australia. Journal of Herpetology 36(2):255-267
Chelodina colliei C. oblonga BMNH 1946.1.22.5
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BMNH 1947.3.5.90-91
Swan River, Perth, Western Australia Gray, J.E. 1856. On some new species of freshwater tortoises from North America, Ceylon and Australia, in the collection of the British Museum. Proceedings of the Zoological society of London. 1855:197-202.
Chelodina longicollis   BMNH 1947.3.5.86 Australasia 'New Holland' Shaw, G. 1794. Zoology of New Holland. Vol 1. Davis, London. 33pp.
Chelodina mccordi   MCZ 176730 Roti Island, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia Rhodin AGJ. 1994b. Chelid turtles of the Australian archipelago: II. A new species of Chelodina from Roti Island, Indonesia. Breviora 498: 1-31.
Chelodina novaeguineae   MSNG C.E. 8407 and BMNH 1946.1.22.36 Katow = Mawatta, Binituri River, Papua New Guinea. Boulenger, G.A. 1888. On the chelydoid chelonians of New Guinea. Annals Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genova. (2)6:449-452
Chelodina novaehollandiae C. longicollis MNHN6969 Australia Dumeril, A.M.C. and Bibron, G. 1835. Erpetologie generale ou histoire naturelle complete des reptiles, Vol 2. Librairie Encycopedique de Roret, Paris. 680pp.
Chelodina oblonga   BMNH 1947.3.5.89 Western Australia; Restricted to Port Essington, NT, Australia (Thomson, 1999) Gray, J.E.1841. A catalogue of the species of reptiles and amphibia hitherto described as inhabiting Australia, with a description of some new species from Western Australia. Appendix E in Grey, G. 1841:422-449.
Chelodina pritchardi   MCZ 173543 Kemp Welsch River, Kwikila, Papua New Guinea Rhodin AGJ. 1994a. Chelid turtles of the Australian archipelago: I. A new species of Chelodina from southeastern Papua New Guinea. Breviora 497: 1-36.
Chelodina reimanni   MTKD D 29178 Merauke River, West Irian, Indonesia Philippen, H.D. and Grossman, P. 1990. Eine neue Schlangenhalsschildkrote von Neuguinea; Chelodina reimanni sp. n. (Reptilia, Testudines, Pleurodira: Chelidae). Zool. Abh. Staat. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 46(5):95-102.
Chelodina steindachneri   NMW19798 Marloo Station, DeGrey River, Western Australia. Siebenrock, F. 1914. Eine neue Chelodina art aus Westaustralien. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-natur. Kl.(1)17:386-387.
Chelodina sulcifera C. longicollis BMNH 1947.3.5.87 Australia Gray, J.E. 1855. Catalogue of the Shield reptiles in the collection of the British Museum. Part I. Testudinata. London: British Museum. 79pp.
 
Macrochelodina burrungandjii   NTM 16010 Koolpin Gorge, Northern Territory Thomson S., Kennett R. and Georges A. (2000). A new species of long necked turtle (Chelidae:Chelodina) from the sandstone plateau of Arnhem Land, Northern Australia. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3:675-685
Macrochelodina expansa   BMNH 1947.3.4.21 (lectotype) and BMNH 1947.3.5.88 Australia Gray, J.E. 1856. Description of a new species of Chelodina from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1856:369-371.
Macrochelodina intergularis M. rugosa AM R6255 Australia Fry, D.B. 1915. Herpetological Notes. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. 27:60-95
Macrochelodina kuchlingi M. rugosa WAM29411 Kalumbaru, Western Australia Cann, J. 1998d. Kuchlings long-neck turtle. Monitor 9(1):41-44.
Macrochelodina millymillyensis M. rugosa WAM R1000 Milly Milly Creek, Milly Milly Station, Murchison River, Western Australia. Glauert, L. 1923. A new freshwater tortoise from the Murchison River. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 9:53-56.
Macrochelodina parkeri   AM R21425 Mawa, Lake Murray, Western Province, Papua New Guinea. Rhodin, A.G.J. and Mittermeier, R.A. 1976. Chelodina parkeri, a new species of Chelid turtle from New Guinea, with a discussion of Chelodina seibenrocki Werner, 1901. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 147(11):465-488
Macrochelodina rugosa   AM R6256 Cape York, Queensland, Australia Ogilby, J.B. 1890. Description of a new Australian tortoise. Records of the Australian Museum 1:56-59.
Macrochelodina siebenrocki M. rugosa ZMB16491 Deutsch-Neu Guinea (Papua New Guinea) Werner, F. 1901. Uber reptilien und batrachier aus Ecuador und Neu-Guinea. Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wein 51:593-603.